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View At Deer Ridge Vinyards in Livermore California

admin — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:03:05 +0000

Deer Ridge Vinyards, Livermore California

Christmas Trees and Lupin in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Spring

admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:34:07 +0000

Off-Season at Crest Ranch Christmas Tree Farm

View Overlooking the Mist Trail – Yosemite

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:30:51 +0000

Looking down at the Yosemite's Mist Trail on the way to Half Dome

You can see two hikers as small green and white dots under the rainbow on the left side. We didn’t know what to expect, were soaked by the mist from the waterfall, but dried off quickly as it was a warm day.

B52s at the Warfield in San Francisco – Wild Planet Tour

admin — Sat, 29 May 2010 02:24:31 +0000

I just ran across the ticket stub to the second concert of my college career (the first was the Knack with the Rubber City Rebels, but let’s forget about that one). It was the B52s on their Wild Planet Tour, which was their second album, so they basically played their first and second album in their entirety. It was a great show. There were not many people there at all and it was before the whole mosh pit phenomenon, so you could go right up the the front and enjoy the show.

B52s Ticket – Wild Planet Tour 1980

English Beat at Avalon in Santa Clara

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:52:13 +0000

I saw the English Beat at the Avalon nightclub in Santa Clara for the second time there, and the sixth time anywhere. Well, one of the times was just Dave Wakeling, but that kinda counts, because he is now touring as the English Beat, and he it is only Dave Wakeling with a backup band playing English Beat songs. It was a great show though- they played all of the hits, everybody danced, and only one overweight middle aged man lost his temper and tried to fight somebody for bumping in to him in the pit.

The first time I saw the English Beat was at their first American tour, opening for the Talking Head. We saw them at the Warfield theater in San Francisco, and it was one of the best shows I have ever seen. The second time was from a lawn seat at the Shoreline for their Special Beat Service tour, and I might as well have been watching it on a very distant TV set. The third time, was Dave Wakeling with a back-up band at Bay Meadows horse race track. They played 3 songs and then took a break so people could watch the horse race. No drummer either, just a drum maching. During one of the races I asked the bass player if they could play “Two Swords” and he said he didn’t know it. $1 hot dogs, and $2 beers though!

Cluster Duck

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:00:14 +0000

From Lake Natoma

Festa – Japan Center, San Francisco

admin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:34:47 +0000

From San Francisco

Festa, in Japan Center, San Francisco

Palm Tree on Caltech Campus in Pasadena, California

admin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:30:26 +0000

From Caltech, Pasadena

Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz, California

admin — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:34:19 +0000

From Santa Cruz Beach, Tidepool, Butterflies

Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz

Free Video Game Download – KnightMan Quest

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:42:12 +0000

Otto developed a video game with the program GameMaker. He created all of the sprites (graphics) himself, from scratch. Here’s a screenshot:

Download the Game for FREE Here